January 22-25/10 :: Updates

January 22/10

Let me share a fun fact with you. When I'm stressed out I get warm. How warm you ask? Quite warm. Like a freaking furnace. I have hot flashes like I'm a 55 year old going through menopause. I've had this problem since I was in elementary school. So let's just say that when I was going through the airport. Why? Well I'm worried about the weight of my things, worried about their contents. I have nothing to hide, done nothing wrong. But they treat you like it.

So I do what I do best.

I talk.

I chatted up the people in front and behind me, a man on his way to Frankfurt and another kind older man. Joked about our shoes and how many bins we had to use. It was amusing and it calmed me down. I had almost cried when I left but I didn't. And talking to those two guys gave me confidence again.

Btw...Olivia...I know I should have hugged you when I left. I do love you and I'll miss you for the months I'm away. But I didn't want to hug you if you didn't want a hug. So I hope this internet love is good enough. You'd better be safe these next 4 months so I can hug you when you get back.

I need a pair of nailclippers, sitting here in the airport. Dangit. Hang nail!!

The internet isn't free here...so Imma write!

January 23/10

Okay so things are going....well they're going. Slept on the plane as much as I could. Met family friends in the airport who took me to Oxford. Well the lock on my door is broken. Lucky me.

So I can't leave until it's fixed. Who knows how long that'll take. And I need to figure out the calling code for my bell card. Lol...funny me huh~

Guy did eventually come and fix the lock and I got to meet my roommates! I don't want to disclose their names out here in the interwebs, privacy issues and all, so I'll give them funky nicknames.

There's VT, from Virgina USA, Syd from Sydney Australia. Met them and they're so nice. We've decided to go out for the evening with more international people.

Look at that! Me! Going out!

January 24/10

Today was awesome! Last night I woke up awfully disoriented. "Where the heck am I?" And there was banging around the flat. Turns out that was Etsy (another nickname) from Estonia! I've always wanted to meet an Estonian. I read Hetalia, a comic about world nations, and Estonia has always been super adorable. She's really nice too. This evening I also met Pan (from Hungary, in Hetalia the character Hungary always hits people with pans so...nickname!) Btw...these nicknames are not what I call my roommates in real life. That'd be mean. These are going to be online aliases!

So anyway, we went out last night to the city center in Oxford. Took the bus and ended up in a nice little italian place for dinner. There was 4 girls from France, another girl from Australia and a guy from Austria who went with. Awesome time.

Then this morning I went to the Sport Center to email my family, finally, and update a quick message on my blog. I should be uploading this whole thing tomorrow or Tuesday. VT, her mom and I then went up the street to find groceries. We found 3 places but one was the best. Called 'Iceland'. Everything was frozen food, just three aisles of frozen food...all for 1-2 pounds. Seriously, 35 chicken nuggets = 1 pound. A gallon of milk 1 pound. 2 loaves of bread = 1 pound. I think I spent about 12 pounds on groceries for a long while. It was nice.

Then we walked them back...a long way.

And then toured around campus. We discovered the nice paths, the shortcuts and then signed up for our first trip (this weekend). A trip to Bath to visit the Roman baths this Saturday.

It's exciting.

There was a game night for the international students tonight, free pizza. We played games, met new people and had a great time.

Turns out there's another girl from my university here! There was already one that I knew about, Can1, but there's another! From my uni! I shall call her Can2 for now until I can come up with a more appropriate nickname.

I'm staying in tonight. Can1 and I tried to go look for wireless but everything was closed. VT is out at a pub with her mom and Syd is missing XD Etsy is in her room watching movies and Pans has gone out with a friend. I know I could be out doing things but frankly I'm still a tad jetlagged and my feet are sore. Plus my throat aches, talking way too much.

But I missed having people around. It's very refreshing.

Btw...Oxford is gorgeous! So many little shops and old buildings. The busing has wifi on the bus (go figure) that seems bizarre to me. There's a 5 pound bus to London, 5 pound return as well, that runs every 10-15 minutes. I'll be using that a couple times.

So all in all things are fantastic!!